{
  "_comment": "ASTEROID CLUSTERS — loose groups of slowly tumbling rocks drifting in the system's void. texture = spritesheet of frameWidth×frameHeight asteroid frames (frameCount frames). cluster = how a group looks & moves: groupSize = rocks per cluster (minFullSize guarantees at least one full-size rock), sizes = per-rock diameter px, spread = how far a rock may sit from the cluster center, gapFactor = the small edge-gap between ANY two rocks, as a multiple of their combined radii (1.0 = touching, 1.12 = a subtle gap — the generator pushes apart just the overlapping pairs, each by half, so groups stay compact), spin = each rock's OWN very slow tumble (deg/s, direction per-rock random), groupSpin = the whole loose group drifts around its center (deg/s), tint = subtle warm/cool starlight per cluster (anchors blended toward white by strength), halo = soft glow behind the group, debris = a halo of fine dust motes orbiting just outside the rocks. distribution = how many clusters a system gets: targetObjects − planetCount, ±jitter, clamped to [minClusters, maxClusters] (more planets ⇒ fewer clusters); the starting system always gets at least startingSystemMinClusters, and those first ones are placed INSIDE the player's initial tether so they're reachable from the spawn. placement = where clusters may sit: minObjectSpacing = no cluster may be closer (center-to-center) than this to ANY other object (home world, planets, free-space stations, other clusters); minRadius/maxRadius = the annulus around the origin random clusters live in; tetherMargin = how far inside the tether rim a starting-system cluster must sit (whole group stays reachable). shipClearance = how close (edge-to-edge) the ship may get to a rock — clusters are solid, like worlds.",
  "enabled": true,
  "texture": "assets/images/asteroids.png",
  "frameWidth": 128,
  "frameHeight": 128,
  "frameCount": 10,
  "typeLabel": "Asteroid Cluster",
  "compassColor": "#c8d2e0",
  "shipClearance": 50,
  "cluster": {
    "groupSize": { "min": 4, "max": 8 },
    "sizes": { "min": 64, "max": 128 },
    "minFullSize": 1,
    "spread": 140,
    "gapFactor": 1.12,
    "spin": { "minDegPerSec": 0.3, "maxDegPerSec": 1.6 },
    "groupSpin": { "minDegPerSec": 0.12, "maxDegPerSec": 0.4 },
    "tint": {
      "enabled": true,
      "anchors": ["#dfe9ff", "#ffe9d6", "#e8e4f8"],
      "strength": 0.5
    },
    "halo": {
      "enabled": true,
      "scale": 2.8,
      "alpha": 0.26,
      "color": "#7fa8d8"
    },
    "debris": {
      "enabled": true,
      "count": [18, 36],
      "inner": 0.9,
      "outer": 2.4,
      "size": [2.5, 6],
      "alpha": [0.4, 0.85]
    }
  },
  "distribution": {
    "targetObjects": 9,
    "jitter": 1,
    "minClusters": 1,
    "maxClusters": 6,
    "startingSystemMinClusters": 2
  },
  "placement": {
    "minObjectSpacing": 1024,
    "minRadius": 2048,
    "maxRadius": 18432,
    "tetherMargin": 96,
    "maxPlacementAttempts": 400
  }
}